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ANZAC Day – 25 April – is probably Australia's most important national occasion. It marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.
My grandfather fought at Gallipoli, in 1915, he was 22 years old, but he was one of the lucky ones, he came home relatively uninjured.
Post something in this thread for those who have served to make Australia and New Zealand what they are today.

It's encouraging that a lot of our young people are observing the ceremonies, young people who have not been to war and some even whose parents have not been involved in wars overseas. It is truly a day of remembrance for Anzacs and for those towns in France that our soldiers defended and where so many died.

It rained here too Bev...and nobody seemed to mind. The service simply continued as the names of those who had given their lives were read.
One day I will go to Gallipoli and see the service there....I guess its a like a pilgramage.